Amygdala habituation and prefrontal functional connectivity in youth with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-93

  Swartz, Johnna R ^a   Wiggins, Jillian Lee ^a   Carrasco, Melisa ^a   Lord, Catherine ^b   Monk, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; autism; emotion; functional magnetic resonance imaging; habituation

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENDER IDENTITY; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RATING SCALE; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; AROUSAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84871714859     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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